Munachi Okoye is the CEO and founder of MCO Real Estate Limited (“MCORE”). Munachi is responsible for overseeing the complete operations of the company, including sourcing funding, client relationships, investment sales & trading, advisory services and research. Prior to founding MCORE, Mr Okoye was the Head of Principal Investments at Diamond Capital & Financial Markets, Nigeria, where he was responsible for origination, acquisition, structuring, managing and disposal of multiple real estate, oil and gas, power, infrastructure and private equity transactions.

Prior to his re-location to Nigeria in 2008, Munachi worked in the United Kingdom and Europe in the financial services sector initially as a fixed income analyst at ABN Amro Investment Bank and later in the real estate sector as a Commercial Property Investment Manager at Network Rail Commercial Property, one of the largest land owners in the UK where he was responsible for third party commercial joint ventures and financial analysis of the development of London Victoria and Euston Station mixed use schemes each worth an estimated value of over £1Bn at completion.

Munachi Okoye has over 15 years of experience focused on the analysis, acquisition, financing, management and disposition of income-producing assets such as fixed income securities, real estate, hospitality, oil & gas, as well as other specialty assets. He has been involved in multiple real estate transactions including residential, commercial office, retail, hospitality and leisure.

 

Munachi achieved a first degree in Architecture and Environmental Sciences from The University of Lagos, Nigeria and a Master‟s Degree in International Securities, Investment and Banking from the ISMA Centre, Henley Business School, University of Reading, UK. He has appeared in leading publications such as Business Day Nigeria. He is a regular on CNBC Africa where he discusses his real estate reports which are sent out to over 700 local and international market participants outlining his views on the local real estate markets. Munachi also consults as a Real Estate Expert on behalf of a number of international expert panels.